Arkayvizyon 9

Arkayvizyon 9 is the 9th edition of the national final to select the song that will represent Arkaystia at the Maia Song Contest 11. Ten songs would compete in the contest, despite previous announcements of 12 songs. Courtney Stodden was announced as host on the in July 2017 with Cindy Chiang joining her as co-host. The logo was revealed in early July 2017. The 9th edition took place in the Glomrau Arena in Prekysta. This was the first contest organized under the new Head of Delegation Stefjan Kaysic. Nori artist Wynter Gordon was invited to perform as this contest's interval act in a duet with Stella Mwangi. Billie Eilish also performed her latest track "COPYCAT" during the interval. It was later revealed that the results of the top five acts would be withheld until Maia Song Contest 12 where the winner would represent Arkaystia, after Dua Lipa had secretly been internally selected by the Head of Delegation.

Muddy Magnolias were announced as the winners following a super-final with the top 5 acts on the 31 August 2017, beating out runners-up Royal Blood to seal the ticket to represent the country on home soil in Maia Song Contest 12.

Format
For the ninth contest the number of songs reduced to 10 and the voting system remained in line with that of the Maia Song Contest. Each nation's jury would rank the songs from best to worst. The Arkaystian televote would give out the same amount of points as the number of international juries, making it a 50/50 system. This voting system was first used in Arkayvizyon 8.

Returning Artists
AlunaGeorge made their third appearance after previously finishing fourth twice in Arkayvizyon 3 and All Stars with the song "Mean What I Mean". SAHA also returned for their third appearance after finishing second twice with their song "To Be Simpler". All other acts were debutantes.

Results
Send votes to Ste on skype or stekay on ovsc

A playlist of the final is available here.

A recap of the final is available here.

A total of 928 televotes would be distributed to match the amount of points given by the 16 international juries. The percentage share each song received would be converted into points and distributed accordingly.

Televoting reopened for the super final, which would see the full 928 points redistributed between the top 5 songs. The previous 634 points that had not been given out remained secret until the results of the super final.